University of Ferrara

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University of Ferrara Università degli Studi di Ferrara

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Established	1391
Type	State-supported
Rector	Prof. Patrizio Bianchi
Staff	600
Students	20,823 (2006)
Location	Ferrara, Italy
Sports teams	CUS Ferrara (http://www.cusferrara.it)
Website	www.unife.it

The University of Ferrara (Italian: Università degli Studi di Ferrara) is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy. Today there are approximately 12,000 students enrolled at the University of Ferrara with nearly 400 degrees granted each year. The teaching staff number 600, including 223 researchers. It is organized into 8 Faculties.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Alumni
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The University of Ferrara was founded on March 4, 1391 by Marquis Alberto V D'Este with the permission of Pope Boniface IX. The Studium Generale was inaugurated on St. Luke's Day (October 18), that same year with courses in law, arts and theology. After the unification of Italy, the University of Ferrara became a free university having Faculties in Law and Mathematics, a three-year course in Medicine (reduced to two years in 1863-64) as well as Schools of Veterinary Medicine (abolished in 1876), Pharmacy and for public Notaries.

Some notable instructors include:

Giovanni Bianchini, professor of astronomy
Cesare Cremonini, professor of natural philosophy between 1573 and 1590

[edit] Organization

These are the 8 faculties in which the university is divided into:

Faculty of Architecture Biagio Rossetti
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Faculty of Pharmacy

[edit] Alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(Italian) University of Ferrara Website

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